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World - Africa
4/10/2024 7:10:08 PM
A prominent Ethiopian opposition official from the sensitive Oromia region was found shot dead on Wednesday, a few hours after being arrested by government forces, his party said.

World - Africa
9/18/2023 3:19:02 PM
Serious violations are continuing in Ethiopia despite a peace deal in the north, UN rights experts said Monday, warning the conflict was spreading across the country and putting regional stability at risk.

World - Africa
5/17/2023 3:56:38 PM
Rebels from Ethiopia's Oromia region on Wednesday accused the government of launching a large-scale military offensive against them after peace talks between the two sides ended without agreement.

World - Africa
4/25/2023 7:13:36 PM
The first phase of talks between Ethiopia's government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) began in Tanzania on Tuesday, a spokesman for the rebel group told AFP.

World - Africa
3/28/2023 7:12:46 PM
Ethiopia’s prime minister said Tuesday his administration is attempting talks with an outlawed rebel group operating mainly in the restive Oromia region.

World - Region
2/15/2023 11:53:22 PM
At least 50 people died in ethnic violence in Ethiopia's Oromia region this month, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Wednesday.

World - Africa
9/6/2022 10:39:42 PM
Gunmen killed more than 60 people in Ethiopia's restive Oromia region at the end of August, a state-affiliated but independent human rights watchdog said Tuesday.

World - Africa
9/3/2022 2:05:50 PM
Militia members from Ethiopia's second largest ethnic group killed dozens of people and torched and looted homes in an attack on a town in the country's restless Oromia region, survivors told AFP.

World - Africa
7/7/2022 5:58:26 PM
Ethiopian police and soldiers are dying on a ``daily'' basis as the country grapples with insurgencies in Oromia and elsewhere, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Thursday.

World - Africa
7/5/2022 8:34:40 PM
An Ethiopian rebel group on Tuesday denied accusations it was responsible for a massacre of civilians in the restive far west of the country, and pointed the finger of blame instead at government-allied militias.

World - Africa
7/4/2022 7:41:00 PM
The Tigray conflict in Ethiopia's north is overshadowing a "persistent cycle of violence" against civilians by security forces and armed groups in the Oromia region, Human Rights Watch said Monday.

World - Africa
6/26/2022 12:43:37 PM
The heavily armed men appeared around the small farming village in Ethiopia's Oromia region, frightening residents already on edge after recent clashes between government troops and rebels.

World - Africa
6/24/2022 4:29:23 PM
An Ethiopian rebel group called Friday for an independent probe into mass killings in the west of the country, saying the government could not be trusted to carry out an impartial investigation.

World - Africa
6/21/2022 8:14:20 PM
The United States on Tuesday voiced revulsion over reports of hundreds of deaths in mass killings in Ethiopia as it renewed a call for a peaceful resolution of differences.

World - Africa
6/20/2022 1:38:02 PM
Witnesses in Ethiopia said Sunday that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, have been killed in an attack in the country's Oromia region and are blaming a rebel group, which denies it.

World - Africa
9/28/2021 9:00:06 PM
The hilltop bamboo palace in southwestern Ethiopia was once a formidable power base, where the now-defunct Kingdom of Kaffa hosted extravagant festivals and stored rich reserves of gold and buffalo hides.

World - Africa
8/12/2021 8:55:50 PM
'Tigray government announces that it has reached an agreement with Oromia group to fight the destructive clique of fascist Abiy Ahmed, which is driving the country and the population into the abyss,' said the statement

World - Africa
7/15/2021 6:15:13 PM
Three Ethiopian regions previously untouched by the war in Tigray confirmed Thursday they were deploying forces to back military operations there, signalling a potential widening of the conflict

World - Africa
6/15/2021 2:27:51 PM
From the mountains of northern Tigray to the savannah of Ethiopia's south, the regions feature distinct landscapes and languages -- and their own tensions that will shape the outcome of balloting

World - Africa
9/19/2020 2:20:34 PM

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